2019 55c & $1.15 Climate Change

Get the 2019 UN Climate Change Stamps Issued by the New York Office

Climate change affects us all, and in 2019 the United Nations released stamps from each of its three offices to raise awareness.  One of the designs from the New York office reminds us of how the ocean is impacted.  As carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions increase, ocean temperatures increase, oxygen decreases, and the water becomes more acidic.  This all has a big impact on plants and animals that call the ocean home, especially corals, mollusks, seagrasses, and mangroves.  When seagrasses and mangroves fail, they release even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, further impacting the planet.  The only way to halt this process is by reducing carbon emissions (mainly created by the burning of fossil fuels) immediately.